NSW's Department of Primary Industries believes surveillance is working and it is at the 'forefront of where the mites have moved' as six new infestations are detected in multiple regions.
Varroa mite was first officially detected in NSW at the Port of Newcastle during June 2022.abc.net.au/news/varroa-mite-detected-new-nsw-east-coast-dpi-hives-destroyed/102125890Six new varroa mite infestations have been discovered in the Hunter, Central Coast and Mid North Coast regions, taking the number of infected sites to 137 across New South Wales.
The Department of Primary Industries will destroy a number of hives on properties at Mooney Mooney, Clarence Town, Mitchell's Flat and Booral. The properties are located within a 25-kilometre surveillance zone, or purple zone, around existing outbreak sites. DPI plant protection officer Satendra Kumar said the number of mites detected in infected hives was low and had been identified quickly."When we are finding mites in the purple zone at low levels, that is an indication we have caught up with our surveillance and we are at the forefront of where the mites have moved."The majority of sites identified since June 2022 had been in the Newcastle and Hunter regions, but surveillance would be extended into Queensland and south to Sydney.
"DPI has also had to extend the eradication [red] zone west of Stanhope, and west of Bulahdelah, following the new detections on the Mid North Coast," varroa mite response state coordinator Dr Chris Anderson said.
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